Footsteps Of Historical Jesus, Diwali 2012, Smashing Idols Through Pain

November 12, 2012 Subscribe · Forward PHOTOS: In The Footsteps Of (The Historical) Jesus In the Footsteps of Jesus, published by National Geographic Books, is the culmination of a very personal 15-year quest for the historical Jesus. As both a historian and practicing Christian, I have long been fascinated by any historical evidence about Jesus as a living and breathing human being, underneath the layers of Christology that have been added in the centuries since.  Continue reading... WATCH: Barbara Brown Taylor: Smashing Idols Through Pain Australian PM Orders Federal Inquiry Into Accusations Of Abuse Veterans Day: Healing The Wounds Of Those Who've Served Us -- A Spiritual Perspective Most And Least Buddhist Cities In America (PHOTOS) Catholic Church On Gay Marriage: We Are Not Losing Oregon May Be Next State For Gay Marriage Ballot Battle The Mormonizing of America J. R. Martinez: Dancing With Faith The Mormonizing of America Catholic Church On Gay Marriage: We Are Not Losing Goodbye, Christian America; Hello, True Christianity AAMIR HUSSAIN Diwali: What Muslims Can Learn From the Festival of Lights For Muslims, Diwali can be a time to reflect on complex spiritual and theological questions. The common symbolism of light is an excellent platform for interfaith dialogue and deep philosophical discussion. Continue reading... STEVE MCSWAIN When What You've Believed Doesn't Work Anymore... To be Christian does not necessarily mean that you've received the sacraments of the Church and so have performed the proper rituals to qualify as a Christian. Do not mistake the performance of rituals with practice of faith. Continue reading... JACK LEVISON A Bomb, a Dad and a Veterans Day Plea Can we visualize with prophetic daring, like Isaiah rather than Joel, strategies to equip our soldiers to turn swords into plowshares? Can we imagine, this Veterans Day, effective ways to train them to make peace -- and be at peace themselves? Continue reading... From around the web btrp ANANTANAND RAMBACHAN A Diwali Meditation on Free Speech May the words that we speak be always free, but free also in the most profound religious sense: free from the intention to hurt, free from falsehood, free from disrespect, and free from violence. Continue reading... ANDREW Z. COHEN In Defense of the Soul At home and in my progressive education, we were never taught that there were deeper domains of ourselves or of life itself. But awakening to the infinite sooner or later brings us face-to-face with our own soul. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here Unsubscribe here.